Zimbabwe
Agricultural
Society
(ZAS)
Chief
Executive
Officer
Andrew
Matibiri
told
Xinhua
in
a
phone
interview
that
preparations
for
the
expo
are
well
on
track,
with
the
event
likely
to
be
held
in
the
first
half
of
2025.
“Preparations
for
the
expo
are
still
on
course.
At
the
moment,
we
are
just
finishing
our
budgets
because
our
financial
year
ends
at
the
end
of
September,
so
we
are
just
finalizing
our
budgets
in
preparation
for
that
and
other
things
that
we
want
to
do,”
Matibiri
said.
According
to
him,
the
biggest
investors
in
Zimbabwe’s
economy
are
those
from
China.
“So
the
Chinese
investors
can
benefit,
and
we
can
also
benefit
from
further
interaction
with
potential
investors
from
China,”
he
said,
adding
that
the
expo
will
specifically
attract
existing
and
potential
Chinese
investors
to
Zimbabwe’s
agricultural
sector.
In
July,
Maxwell
Mutema,
chairman
of
the
Agriculture
Development
Committee
in
the
ZAS,
told
Xinhua
that
the
expo
would
be
held
in
recognition
of
the
important
role
that
Chinese
investors
are
playing
in
the
development
of
Zimbabwe’s
economy.
Mutema
said
the
Zimbabwean
government
would
coordinate
with
the
Chinese
embassy
and
the
ZAS
to
convene
the
event,
which
would
be
held
at
the
ZAS
grounds
in
downtown
Harare,
the
capital
of
Zimbabwe.
The
committee
chairman
also
expressed
hope
that
the
investment
expo
would
grow
into
a
bigger
annual
event
dedicated
to
showcasing
Chinese
investment
in
Zimbabwe’s
economy.
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in:
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